Imaginary Fun!

The Imaginary Zine is a 60-page old school printed zine recounting our first 10 years with some of our favorite blog posts and stories from our imaginary friends. It is extemely limited with only 333 handcrafted zines made.

It also includes a cd chock full of rare, live, or exclusive songs by some of our favorite local artists, including The Long Winters, BOAT, Tullycraft, Exohxo, Tennis Pro, Math & Physics Club and many more!

Audio

Like you, we can hardly believe that it's already the end of the year and time for end of the year parties and countdowns, let alone (for most folks) the end of a decade (which is a whole other podcast).

Imaginary liz and imaginary keenan joined forces to review some of our imaginary staff Pacific Northwest favorites for 2009 and a peek at the bands playing our Imaginary Winter Holiday Spectacular {December 23, 2009 at Chop Suey} in podcast form {official top 10 lists to come soon}! We couldn't fit everything in here... what did we miss?

Bumbershoot takes place at the Seattle Center this September 5-7 and there's about a million and a half things to do (bands, literary panels, art shows, Flatstock, kettle corn lunches) over the three-day fest.

To help folks (especially ourselves) prepare for Bumbershoot 2009, we put together this lil mix of some of the things you should add to your Bumbershoot scheduling spreadsheet. We hope this helps you pick your must-sees or at least provides a soundtrack as you wander to and fro.

Imaginary liz put together a podcast featuring some of her favorite songs of the moment. A bunch of these bands are playing a Seattle show in the coming weeks (mark your calendar!) and some have just been on repeat this summer. Enjoy!

Lacrosse - "I See A Brightness" from the album Bandages For The Heart Coulter - "Give It A Chance" from the album Sent to CoventryThe Little Penguins - "The Blame" from the album Welcome to the CelebrationThe Nightgowns - "Pppps" from the album Sing SomethingTiny Masters Of Today - "Pop Chart" from the album SkeletonsWe Wrote The Book On Connectors - "Almost Magical" from the album Ride It Out Like A Turbo HorseShotty - "Not Today, After Work" from the album Ah Here We GoViva Voce - "Devotion" from the album Rose CityCapgun Coup - "Social Security Number" from the album brought to you by nebraskafishJapandroids - "To Hell With Good Intentions" from the All Lies EPThe Very Most - "You're In Love With the Sun" from the Summer EPAndrea Wittgens - "Punchline" from the album In The Skyline17th Chapter - "Old Folks" fro the album Around The Bend And Then SomeUnbunny - "Dental Hygenist" from the album Uncertain Tracks, 1996-2008

From Thursday, May 21 to Sunday, May 24, 2009, Three Imaginary Girls staffers Liz and Keenan will be running around the San Francisco partaking in all the fun of the San Francisco Popfest. This podcast showcases some of the bands they are most looking forward to seeing while there with

Latest comment by: gordon campbell: "The Anomie Belle song, John Q Public, is a great sound from a new band. Really enjoyed it, and had fun visiting their website to listen to other tunes on their new CD. Am excited to hear them perform at the Crystal Ballroom Jan 9 in Portland."